Queen's Music

Queens Music

http://www.queensmusic.co.kr/index.php

This weeks post is about my Queens Music. A company devoted to giving the best entertainment for your wedding or event. Having been incorporated this year Queens Music has successfully performed for many couples celebrating their special wedding day and has put on many special entertainment events performed at The Raum Convention and Fine Arts Center in Seoul Korea.

Queen's Music will accommodate the needs of your special event with the best entertainment and professional courtesy you could expect.

I have been lucky enough to be able to video and photograph Queen's Music and their events and I will bring to you some of those photo's and video's here. ^^





































Captured on video at a wedding planners conference. (Sorry about my shaky hand filming)




If you want something new and exciting for your event or wedding. please contact the owner (pictured below) Wonho Jong (정원호) 010-8891-2314 9am - 9pm or by email: jwh0725@gmail.com





And this is my last blog update from Korea. I hope you have enjoyed the 3 years of posts I have put up here. It has been fun to watch the view counts here and on YouTube as people experienced with me the great times I have had here in South Korea. I hope everyone has a fantastic time whatever you are doing. I will post a couple more things here later next month. I am also planning to continue a similar blog all about New Zealand so stay tuned for some news about that. ^^
Until then have a great week and see you soon!!! ^^

Beijin Circus Seoul South Korea

Beijin Circus Seoul South Korea

Wednesday the 11th of April was the day Koreans went and voted for the local elections and that meant that I had the day off :)

So we took a trip to the circus! The performance was held right next to the Mokdong Baseball stadium and ice rink.

The performers were children and young adults but the stunts and acts were fantastic! Tumbling, Ropes, Balancing; just an amazing spectacle.

I was actually surprised at how enjoyable it was and the skills these performers had was aslo surprising for their ages.

If you get a chance see if you can get there:

Exit 4 Omokgyo Station and follow the signs to the stadium.

Here is an information link to the stadium: (The Circus is off to the side of the stadium beyond the car park.

http://www.stadiumjourney.com/stadiums/mokdong-baseball-stadium-s933/

There is a copy of the ticket and you can call or email.

I was also able to take some video's of the performances so I can share that with you now.

So I hope you enjoyed the circus :)

Next week there is a bodybuilding show on somewhere ear Gimpo... I cant seem to find any information on that at the moment but if i do find something I will post it here before the show.

Anyway have a great week! :) See you next time!

P.S. You might have noticed that I have made a category section on the right sidebar so you can find the things that interest you more easily :)

HobbyIn Seoul Grand Park, Botanical Gardens & DV8

HobbyIn Seoul Grand Park, Seoul, South Korea

A while ago I visited HobbyIn in Seoul Grand Park. It's located at or near the bottom of the hill just up from the chair lifts on your right.

Filled with fantastic models this is a great place for any current or "retired" :) model enthusiast! There are hundreds of models from planes, cars and ships to vehicles and Gundam robots. All (or most) of the models are encased in glass so it is a little difficult to get a great shot with your camera as you have to find the perfect angle to escape glare. I forget the cost though :/ it maybe 6,000 or 7,000 won entrance fee? But anyway is a bit of excitement for the weekend :)

Here is the link:

http://www.hobbyin.com/

Check out my video slide show here of the models:

Botanical Gardens Seoul Grand Park, Seoul, South Korea

Further up the hill are also the botanical gardens. A large area filled with flowers and plants as well as a smaller area where you can watch a sheep and dog show as well as feed some goats and sheep. There is also a small Zoo opposite the gardens where you can see some monkeys and horses. Seoul Land Adventure Park is also further on up the hill but I didn't get there this time. Maybe this year I will go on another adventure and visit Seoul Land and tell you about it :)

And probably the best flower picture I have taken: :)

Alright so you want to know how to get there?

Seoul Grand Park Station Line 4 Exit 2

Here are the official links:

http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SI/SI_EN_3_1_1_1.jsp?cid=264199

http://grandpark.seoul.go.kr/Eng/html/main/main.jsp

DV8 Can We Talk About This Review LG Arts Center Seoul South Korea

Unfortunately as I write this the run on this show has ended. It was held at the LG Arts Centre in Seoul and was something I have never even imagined seeing before. It was a serious political piece on Islam and Muslim values set in Britain and how multiculturalism was at odds with preserving British values. It illustrated how being tolerant of the values of other cultures that at times are contrary to the values of Britain could spark violent racial division. The piece also touched on some European nations facing similar issues.

The oddity was that is was a Physical Theatre piece in that while the performers were delivering the serious content they were bobbing and weaving, standing on their heads and posing at strange angles. It was quite surreal at the beginning and it reminded me of a Monty Python skit. However despite my initial confusion or surprise I was thoroughly entertained and transfixed with the content. I am not quite sure what the Korean audience thought about it as the pace of the English speech was blistering, the content I would say not familiar with the Korean culture and the British aspect, well Korean seem to be more familiar with American culture. I found the performance thoroughly refreshing with a more familiar British feel to it, heavy though provoking content and a delivery that was fantastic. If you get a chance to see this show I would recommend that you do.

Well that is all for this week :)

More excitement to come in the next few months. I will keep you up to date with events and dates of shows ahead of time.

Have a fantastic week and see you next time! :)

Anthony Rapp Without You / Pasha Restaurant / Park Hyatt Seoul Cornerstone Restaurant

So this week there was a lot of eating done and a musical seen :)

Without You has a definite American flavor to it. Its about life and death and love and deals with aids and cancer and loosing people close to you.

The narrative starts out at a quick pace and is unrelenting for the rest of the show. There are few pauses in the dialogue and that suits a fast paced American audience. Perhaps a little difficult to keep up for a non English speaking audience but there were subtitles on screen that I was even tempted to look at :)

The lighting was a little strange I thought in regard to the almost neon bands of light behind and in front of the supporting band and perhaps it even keeps the audience separate a little bit from the performers.

So generally this type of performance is not something that I would have usually gone to but it was quite the experience and if you are a foreigner living in Korea I would recommend having a look.

You may also recognize this guy from a cult classic film:

Dazed and Confused.

So in the weekend we were looking for a special cafe or place to eat in Gungnam but there were very long loines to get in to many of these places. However I spied a Turkish Restaurant sign and thought it would be worth a go. If you exit gungnam station exit 9 walk straight out down the street take the next right and walk about 50 meters passing a cafe on the way look right and up you will see a sign for Pasha Turkish Kebab and Food House.

http://www.pashakebab.com/

Its on the 4th floor and is extremely Turkish and tasty and very authentic.

At the time there were a few foreigners there eating lunch. I don't quite understand why some restaurants are famous and others are not (probably just because of Naver blogging... Naver is like Google by the way...well kind of) but this is a restaurant you just have to experience if you are missing all those non-spicy tastes. Maybe a bit of an adventure for the average Korean taste bud because of the smoky flavors of lamb and chicken and sour dipping sauces but I do think Koreans are trying new things and are adventurous enough now to eat something that is not primarily spicy.

Park Hyatt Hotel Seoul - Cornerstone

http://seoul.park.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/entertainment/index.jsp

Straight out of exit 1 Samgseong Station.

Now this is one of those "exclusive" restaurants that has a menu averaging 50,000+ won a main. I had the Lamb Rack rare that was quite nice with roast vegetables. I don't know but there is just something different about the way meat is prepared here. I always feel like it is lacking in some taste almost like it has too much water content or its just out of the freezer. So in my opinion the best place I have eaten is still the Seoul Marina (which you can see here in my earlier post http://rawrkorea.blogspot.com/2011/10/sailing-on-han-river-road-fc-mma.html).

Well that's all for this week. Perhaps next week I will have some more from Hongdae (I really have to post that sometime...) or something completely different. :) So until then have a fantastic week!!! :)

Pyeong Chang Snow Festival & Sheep Farm, Notre Dame de Paris Da

Well it was the New Year this weekend... the year of the Dragon has begun and it was kicked off with a trip to Pyeong Chang to check out the snow sculptures and some sheep.

The festival was at an end so the snow sculptures had some wear and tear from the people viewing them and climbing on them. I had a great time in the snow since I haven't really been in the snow and thrown snow balls and such before so it was fun!

Next we went to see some sheep at the local farm or sheep park / village. It was snowing so pretty exciting again for me. The sheep were warm inside and getting hay fed to them by the tourists.

I even made a video slide show of some more pictures of snow :) so if you like you can check it out:

Earlier in the week we went to quite an interesting show... quite risque for Korea I must admit. It was in a small basement area near Hyewha station and the stage was the size of a small apartment. If you are interested here is the ticket stub. Check it out on Naver or Google I guess:

Last on the agenda was a fabulous afternoon at Notre Dame de Paris in English!!! thats right English! Fantastic singing and dancing for about 3 hours. So if you are interested I will post the link for tickets. It runs until February 26 so you have plenty of time to get yourselves sorted :)

http://ticket.interpark.com/Global/Play/Goods/GoodsInfo.asp?GoodsCode=11014973

Well until next week have a "stunner"! :)

Woops!... almost forgot... got these angry birds out of a slot machine in Sinchon in the weekend :)